AEROS
CONTINUES ITS QUEST FOR HIGH ALTITUDE COOPERATION
Dateline:
Los Angeles, California, February 24, 2004
The South Korean
Government’s Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has announced that phase
one development of its high altitude airship program has been completed.
Worldwide Aeros Corp contributed to the success of the program through its
contract for engineering services as well as the design and manufacture of
the airship’s 50 meter envelope.
“The
completion of phase one met all of its goals, and the airship performance
was better than anticipated? said Dr. Kim, a team leader in the KARI HAA
program. “We are now preparing to initiate phase II, and that will allow
us to attain a sustained flight at an altitude of 21 kilometers.?/span>
The phase one program
began in early 2002, with the main envelope delivered to KARI in August of
that year. All integration was completed in Korea at KARI’s new hangar
that was built specifically for the program. Aeros?engineers traveled to
Korea during the past year to complete the contracted work.
The 50 meter unmanned
airship’s propulsion is provided through vectored electrically driven
propeller units.
Igor Pasternak, Aeros
president reported; “It was a pleasure to work with the KARI team and
Aeros is proud to have been a major contributor to the success of phase
one. We look forward to expanding our involvement in the KARI
stratospheric airship program.?/span>
About Aeros:
AEROS is the world's leading lighter-than-air, FAA-certified aircraft
manufacturing company. The Company's operations involve research,
development, and marketing of a wide variety of air vehicles. These
include rigid
aeroscrafts,
commercial non-rigid
airships,
and advanced manned and unmanned tethered aerostatic
systems.
The airships are available for utilization in a variety of civil and
military missions. AEROS successfully completed the FAA Type
Certification of its Aeros 40B multi-commercial use airship, and FAA
applications have been filed for its Aeros ML revolutionary Transport
Category Aeroscraft. AEROS has affiliates in eight European and
Asian countries, and the company's industry-leading expertise is based on
more than 20 years of operations and research in lighter-than-air
technologies. For more information about Aeros, please visit its web site
at www.aerosml.com.
About KARI:
KARI was established by the South Korean Government as a research
institute exclusively for the development of aerospace technology, in
accordance with the national development plan for the aerospace industry.
For more information about KARI, please visit its web site at www.kari.re.kr
About
Stratospheric Airship Program: The stratospheric airship offers a cost
effective alternative to low earth orbit satellites. Aeros reports that
the main advantages of stratospheric airships over satellites are cost and
payload recoverability. The concept is to station unmanned airships at an
altitude of 65 thousand feet and remotely maneuver them in a geostationary
position. From that altitude, the over the horizon capabilities are
enhanced to make it an effective platform for radars and electro optical
surveillance. Beyond the military application their ability to carry
wireless communication antennas is seen as the most lucrative civil
application for the technology.
